Hershey, PA

Hershey Country Club

Milton Hershey founded Hershey Country Club in 1930 to give residents a place for recreation and relaxation. Golf was part of a broader provision for the community, rather than an activity detached from the town around it.¹

Location: Hershey, PA
Courses: 2 courses
Club website: Visit website

Recreation within Hershey’s community

That recreational ambition extended to younger players. The Club records a separate Juvenile Golf Club course, designed by Maurice McCarthy in 1932 for players seventeen and younger. Later renamed Spring Creek, it originally charged thirty-five cents for nine holes.¹

Courses

Follow each course for its scorecard, design history, and sources.

CourseEast Course18 holes · par 71 · Opened 1969 · View course record

CourseWest Course18 holes · par 73 · View course record

Championships

Results and dates 18 editions

Lady Keystone Open

1978
Pat Bradley
June 23–25, 1978
1979
Nancy Lopez
June 21–24, 1979
1980
JoAnne Gunderson Carner
June 20–22, 1980
1981
JoAnne Gunderson Carner
June 19–21, 1981
1982
Jan Stephenson
June 18–20, 1982
1983
Jan Stephenson
June 17–19, 1983
1984
Amy Alcott
June 29–July 1, 1984
1985
Juli Inkster
June 28–30, 1985
1986
Juli Inkster
June 13–15, 1986
1987
Ayako Okamoto
June 19–21, 1987
1988
Shirley Furlong
June 17–19, 1988
1989
Laura Davies
June 16–18, 1989
1990
Cathy Gerring
June 1–3, 1990
1991
Colleen Walker
June 14–16, 1991
1992
Danielle Ammaccapane
June 19–21, 1992
1993
Val Skinner
May 21–23, 1993
1994
Elaine Crosby
May 20–22, 1994

PGA Championship

1940
Byron Nelson
August 26–September 2, 1940

Continue through the archive

Follow the course and the people behind it.

ArchitectGeorge FazioOriginal design · East Course · 1969

ArchitectMaurice McCarthyOriginal design · West Course · 1930

Clubs in PA

Sources and editorial notes8 references

Sources for this story

Our History Hershey Country Club
Milton Hershey’s 1930 founding; separate East, West and Spring Creek histories.
Consulted 2026-09-21

Record sources

Club mark source
Hershey Country Club
LPGA: official tournament chronology 1990–1999 (archived publisher original) Official 1994 chronology, PDF page5: actual dates, named institution and winner. Title: Lady Keystone Open.
LPGA: official tournament chronology 1980–1989 (archived publisher original) Official 1989 chronology, PDF page10: actual dates, named institution and winner. Title: Lady Keystone Open.
LPGA: official tournament chronology 1970–1979 (archived publisher original) Official 1979 chronology, PDF page8: actual dates, named institution and winner. Title: Lady Keystone Open.
2026 PGA Championship Media Guide The official Media Guide directly enumerates the 23rd playing, champion, site, and its year-page date span. The recorded venue and champion preserve the official PGA Championship History entry’s published text. The champion-only winner field is intentionally separate from the official match-play result: 1-up over Sam Snead.
PGA Championship host record The 1940 PGA record names Hershey Country Club. The dated PGA account explicitly identifies the West Course. A conflicting 1939 PGA reference on the current Club timeline is not used as championship authority. Host and competition dates: www.pgachampionship.com